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Re: Beret Expert - AM, Take your blood pressure Meds Before Reading
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Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
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IIRC, the first SF soldiers wore green berets as a stunt to get JFK's attention on a visit to Fort Bragg. They picked green berets because they thought the Royal Marines looked cool. No-one was more surprised than they when Kennedy made it their trademark.
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Good to know I spent almost two years working my butt off to earn a "stunt" that looked cool.
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Jackassery.
I am sure that news will come as a great surprise to General Yarborough who received the authorization and the original 1953 Green Beret designer, Herb Brucker.
The President called ahead to ASK if they were planning to wear the beret during his visit, and signed a Presidential authorization to make it happen.
What idiot posted that and where?
TR
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